they would have you believe

they would have you believe



the confession

bears the marks

of a forced entry



the locked door

opened by the virtue

of its broken hinges

they would have you believe



the confession

bears the marks

of a forced entry



the locked door

opened by the virtue

of its broken hinges


Nice comparison of hinges and confessions

they would have you believe



the confession

bears the marks

of a forced entry



the locked door

opened by the virtue

of its broken hinges



This is powerful for just 6 lines. You say so much in the short poem. Think about deleting "the" in 2nd line and "a" in 3rd line. I think that would give it more punch.

Thanks for your suggestions, Velvet. I was trying to balance the sounds between stanzas and the line lengths. I wanted the poem to be shaped like a door. I'm not sure that works but that was one of the things I was trying to do.